almost

Definition:
Something is not completely the case but is nearly the case.
Not quite.

Use 'almost' in a sentence:

• 1. Nick's grown almost an inch in the last month.
• 2. The horse was almost pure white in colour.
• 3. Almost every family in the country owns a television.
• 4. They'll eat almost anything.
• 5. This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal.
• 6. Such advice as he was given has proved almost worthless.
• 7. At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change.
• 8. He swept into the lead with an almost perfect performance.
• 9. There was an almost complete lack of awareness of the issues involved.
• 10. She was almost 90, but still very robust.
• 11. Millions of irrigation wells have significantly lowered water tables in almost every state.
• 12. It was almost midnight.
• 13. The pain was almost more than he could bear.
• 14. True to her word, she was correct almost every time.
• 15. Almost nothing was done to improve the situation.
• 16. Membership almost doubled in two years.
• 17. The exercises are so simple that almost anyone can do them.
• 18. Supper's almost ready.
• 19. It's a mistake they almost always make.
• 20. The other day, he came home from school almost in tears.
• 21. He has lived and worked in France almost continuously since 1990.
• 22. It's almost time to go.
• 23. People were coming out of a formal and almost Victorian attitude, and you really felt anything was possible.
• 24. The phrase almost completes itself: midlife crisis.
• 25. The argument ground on for almost two years.
• 26. Without treatment, she will almost certainly die.
• 27. Agreement on this issue is almost universal.
• 28. Overall, almost three in five people say they try to limit their usage of paper – including facial tissue and kitchen roll – to save money.
• 29. Almost overnight I was cured.
• 30. By a stroke of fortune he found work almost immediately.
• 31. In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago, Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.
• 32. Almost everyone has some musical ability.
• 33. It happened almost exactly a year ago.
• 34. So they’re cheap almost everywhere.
• 35. A very small number of people are able to remember almost every detail of their life.
• 36. I like almost all of them.
• 37. His coat was so long it was almost touching the floor.
• 38. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.
• 39. Almost all homes have at least one TV set.
• 40. The credits seemed to last almost as long as the film!
• 41. The pain was almost too great to endure.
• 42. That one mistake almost cost him his life.
• 43. She answered almost immediately.
• 44. Have you almost finished?
• 45. I've saved almost £ 100 so far.
• 46. Almost no one believed him.
• 47. Servants are now almost extinct in modern society.